CVE-2007-3897

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Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Outlook Express 6 and earlier, and Windows Mail for Vista, allows remote Network

Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Outlook Express 6 and earlier, and Windows Mail for Vista, allows remote Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) servers to execute arbitrary code via long NNTP responses that trigger memory corruption.

HIGH · CVSS 9.3 EPSS 0.64364

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EPSS ≥ 0.50 - high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
EPSS percentile: top 2% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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Affected Products & Versions

microsoft outlook express<= 6.0
microsoft outlook expressall versions
microsoft windows mailall versions

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Scoring & Timeline

9.3

HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secure@microsoft.com

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Published to NVD09 Oct 2007 · 10:17 PM

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=607Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/27112Third Party Advisory

http://securitytracker.com/id?1018785Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://securitytracker.com/id?1018786Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481983/100/100/threadedThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482366/100/0/threadedThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25908Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-282A.htmlThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3436Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-056PatchVendor Advisory

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1706Third Party Advisory

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